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We are hosting a dairy goat workshop!

Have you thought about keeping your own dairy goat? We would love to help you get started! We are hosting a 3.5-hour workshop on October 29th where we will go over what it takes to feed, house, care for, and milk your own goat. We’ll even show you how easy it is to make goat cheese and finish with a cheese tasting. All this for only $95! The class size will be limited to 12 participants to make sure everyone can be involved. 

Go to our online store to sign up.

Agenda

9:00-9:15 introductions

9:15-10:00 milking demonstration

10:00-10:45 Basics of keeping a goat – feeding, fencing, housing, etc

10:45-11:15 Goat healthcare

11:15-noon Cheesemaking and tasting

Noon-12:30 wrap-up and Q&A

Basics

  • Feeding – summer winter
  • Housing
  • Space needed
  • Fencing
  • Pasture
  • Livestock guardian dogs and protection from predators

Care

  • Hooves
  • Parasites
  • Giving shots
  • Horns – no horns?

Kidding

  • Breeding
  • Gestation, drying off
  • Birthing, normal vs complicated – what to do when things go wrong
  • Bottle vs dam feeding

Milking

  • Basic steps
  • Filtering
  • Chilling
  • Shelf life
  • Selling

Cheese

  • Ricotta
  • chevre